by Rick Veitch (Author)
Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (October 18, 2017)
Softcover, 100 pages
This is the continuation of a story I thought dead and incomplete. Thank goodness for the easy independent publishing market or this might never have seen the light of day. The original seven issue Maximortal was a very weird piece of literature. At first it offered the idea that if a baby, well beyond the age of reason, had the powers like Superman does, how could a human couple possibly raise him, teach him anything, or even discipline him without getting torn apart?
The answer of course is that it couldn’t. The government intercedes and eventually the creature is destroyed. Yet it still remains somehow and is reinvigorating itself through the burgeoning comic book industry, reinventing itself as True Man - an obvious Superman analog - through which it seemingly will emerge. This tale is as much about the history of comics - specifically superhero comics - so those who aren’t familiar with it might be a little confused. Personally, I’ve often thought that Rick Veitch was a wildly underrated writer and author and I’m glad more of his material is being published. This book, along with a lot of Veitch’s materials, leaves you wanting more.
One thing to mention
though is that only the first 53 pages out of the hundred or so are part of the
Maximortal story. The rest is filled
up with sketches and an unrelated short four page story about heroes having
sex. That’s not to say the book isn’t worth it, the price being fairly
reasonable, but there is more than your normal amount of filler in this book.
The story continues in Boy Maximortal 2.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst
No comments:
Post a Comment